NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, PETITIONER,
v.
BOOT-STER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., RESPONDENT

6th Cir. | 1966-05-27
No. 16515
361 F.2d 325 United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1966) Positive Treatment
Cited by 4 cases

AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.


Holding

The court granted enforcement of the National Labor Relations Board's order requiring the respondent to cease and desist from unfair labor practices and to bargain with the union.


Facts & Procedural History

The National Labor Relations Board found the respondent violated sections of the National Labor Relations Act and sought enforcement of its order. The…

The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.

Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence

© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.


Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The National Labor Relations Board, having found violations of Section 8(a) (1), 61 Stat. 140 (1947), 29 U.S.C. § 158(a) (1) (1964), and Section 8(a) (5), 61 Stat. 141 (1947), 29 U.S.C. § 158(a) (5) (1964), of the National Labor Relations Act on the part of respondent, seeks enforcement of its order requiring respondent to cease and desist from unfair labor practices and to bargain with the union.

All of the basic issues argued to this court on this appeal have been recently considered and decided in N. L. R. B. v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., 341 F. 2d 750 (C.A.6, 1965), cert. denied, 382 U.S. 830, 86 S.Ct. 69, 15 L.Ed.2d 74 (1965), and N. L. R. B. v. Cumberland Shoe Corp., 351 F. 2d 917 (C.A.6, 1965).

Respondent, however, argues that in the instant case most of respondent’s coercive practices preceded the union’s request to bargain, while in Cumberland the unfair labor practices followed the request to bargain.

We do not consider this a meaningful distinction on this record. Taking the record as a whole, there was evidence from which the NLRB could have found that respondent sought by unlawful coercion to change the choice of its employees as to their bargaining agent and succeeded in doing so. In such a situation an order to bargain may be “strong medicine” but we believe it to be no stronger than is authorized by the statute. Franks Bros. Co. v. N. L. R. B., 321 U.S. 702, 64 S.Ct. 817, 88 L.Ed. 1020 (1944); N. L. R. B. v. Consolidated Ma chine Tool Corp., 163 F. 2d 376 (C.A.2, 1947), cert. denied, 332 U.S. 824, 68 S.Ct. 164, 92 L.Ed. 399 (1947), modification denied, 167 F. 2d 470 (C.A.2, 1948); Joy Silk Mills, Inc. v. N. L. R. B., 87 U.S.App.D.C. 360, 185 F. 2d 732 (C.A.D.C.1950), cert. denied, 341 U.S. 914, 71 S.Ct. 734, 95 L.Ed. 1350 (1951).

Enforcement of the NLRB order is granted.


Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus


Citator

Cited By

Authorities Cited (11 total)

View all 11 cited authorities →

Full citator, related cases, and AI research tools

Open in FLexlaw